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The amazing rags-to-riches story of Li Ka-Shing, Asia's richest man

Mike BirdMar 25, 2015, 22:18 IST

Asia's richest man just made yet another massive splash after the company he chairs, Hutchison Whampoa, bought th e UK's second largest mobile operator, O2. It already owns Three, and the merger of the two will forge the sector's largest UK mobile firm.

Li Ka-Shing's life story is an amazing rags-to-riches tale. He's gone from poverty in southern China to become one of the world's top plutocrats, with an estimated net worth of $31.7 billion, according to Bloomberg.

He vies with Alibaba's Jack Ma for the title of Asia's richest man, but he also says his wealth is underestimated by as much as half.